CONTINUATION  CCKMI 
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Missionary  iortor 
from  China 


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Antrriran  baptist  fHissinnary  Union 
Boston,  I a s a a c 1;  n s r t t a 


A ill  nummary  Snrlor 
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Marion  d.  eubank,  in  this 

country  on  furlough  during  1907-8, 
was  a Kentucky  boy  by  birth,  but 
now  hails  from  Missouri,  whence  he  went 
to  China  as  a medical  missionary  in  1899. 
He  is  a graduate  of  William  Jewell  College, 
the  Marion  Sims  Medical  School  at  St. 
Louis  and  the  Northwestern  University 
Medical  School,  and  has  also  studied  at 
the  Divinity  School  of  the  University  of 
Chicago. 

The  station  to  which  Dr.  Eubank  was 
appointed  was  Huchow,  a city  of  100,000 
inhabitants  in  our  East  China  Mission. 
Almost  immediately  the  Boxer  troubles 
broke  out,  and  our  missionaries  were  com- 
pelled to  leave  their  stations.  When  they 
returned  they  found  the  people  more 
friendly  than  ever,  and  confidence  and 
affection  grew  rapidly  through  the  doctor’s 
ministry.  The  problem  was  a difficult  one 
in  many  respects.  The  Chinese  are  not 


only  unsanitary  in  their  ways  of  living,  but 
they  believe  in  evil  spirits  as  the  cause  of 
disease.  Dr.  Eubank,  therefore,  put  the 
case  very  clearly  when  he  said,  “ Dirt, 
dampness,  darkness  and  devils  are  the  foes 
we  have  to  combat  in  our  medical  work.” 

In  spite  of  these  obstacles  the  medical 
and  evangelistic  efforts  of  Dr.  Eubank  — 
for  he  has  strongly  emphasized  the  latter  — 
have  been  very  successful.  He  has  treated 
over  6,000  patients  in  a single  year,  and 
has  gained  the  respect  and  support  of  the 
mandarins  and  other  leading  men  for  his 
work.  When  the  new  dispensary  was 
opened  at  Huchow,  a delegation  of  the 
principal  officials  of  the  city  was  present. 
On  one  occasion  the  doctor  was  called  to 
attend  the  highest  official  in  the  city,  a fact 
which  showed  a remarkable  degree  of  con- 
fidence in  the  foreign  doctor. 

In  the  dispensary,  in  the  Chinese  homes, 
on  his  tours  through  the  country,  — every- 
where Dr.  Eubank  uses  his  medical  work 
to  open  the  door  for  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel  of  Christ.  A touching  incident  is 
the  story  of  Min  Yang,  a boy  who  was 
treated  at  the  hospital  for  a severe  abscess 
on  his  arm.  Through  his  successful  treat- 
ment all  the  neighbors  were  led  to  have  a 


more  favorable  opinion  of  the  doctor  and 
his  mission,  and  the  boy’s  father  became 
willing  that  Min  Yang  should  be  baptized 
and  trained  as  a Christian  teacher.  In 
this  manner,  through  the  work  of  the  mis- 
sionary doctor,  fear  and  hatred  are  leaving 
hundreds  of  hearts  all  over  China. 

When  Dr.  Eubank  returned  to  America 
on  furlough  in  1906,  plans  were  maturing 
for  the  third  interdenominational  conference 
of  China  missionaries  at  Shanghai,  which 
was  also  to  celebrate  the  centennial  of  the 
beginning  of  Protestant  missions  in  China. 
These  plans  included  an  urgent  request 
that  a delegation  of  Baptist  pastors  and 
laymen  visit  China  to  investigate  the  con- 
ditions and  needs  of  the  work.  It  was 
owing  largely  to  the  energetic  presentation 
of  this  plan  to  churches  and  business  men 
by  Dr.  Eubank  that  our  large  deputation  to 
the  Far  East  was  secured.  Through  the 
generosity  of  friends  Dr.  Eubank  accom- 
panied them  as  a guide,  and  aided  very 
materially  in  the  effectiveness  of  the  visit. 
Since  his  return  to  this  country  he  has  been 
visiting  the  churches  in  cooperation  with 
other  members  of  the  deputation.  He  is 
particularly  skilful  in  presenting  the  subject 
of  foreign  missions  to  business  men. 


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